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Broombridge railway station

Coordinates: 53°22′22″N 6°17′58″W / 53.3727°N 6.2995°W / 53.3727; -6.2995
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Broombridge
General information
Other namesDroichead na Scuab
LocationDublin City Council
Managed byIarnród Éireann
Platforms2
Other information
Station code98
Key dates
2 July 1990Station opens

Broombridge is a railway station serving Cabra, Dublin 7, Ireland. Unlike most stations in Ireland, it is a halt. It lies on the southern bank of the Royal Canal at the western end of what had been Liffey Junction station on the erstwhile Midland Great Western Railway. It takes its name from Broome Bridge, which crosses the canal, a place best known as where William Rowan Hamilton discovered the mathematical notion of quaternions. A plaque on the adjacent canal bridge commemorates this.

The station was opened on 2 July 1990.[1] The station is unstaffed and has been subject to vandalism significant and sustained enough for Iarnród Éireann to be concerned and questions asked about it in the Dáil.[2][3] There is no shelter for passengers, as the previous building one was vandalised.[4] Both platforms are accessible.[5]

It is the last station served by both branches of the Western Commuter line, prior to the split on the line. IÉ plans to reinstate Liffey Junction just beyond Broombridge to run services into Dublin Broadstone as part of Transport 21.[6][7]

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External links

References

  1. ^ "Broombridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ Growing fears at attacks on trains in west Dublin, The Irish Times, 7 Jul 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  3. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 593 - 25 November, 2004, Written Answers. - Rail Services.
  4. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 543 - 06 November, 2001. Written Answers. - Transport Safety.
  5. ^ http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/Guide%20for%20Rail%20Passengers%20with%20Disabilities.pdf
  6. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 641 - 07 November, 2007. Written Answers. - Light Rail Project.
  7. ^ Dáil Éireann - Volume 641 - 20 November, 2007. Written Answers. - Rail Network.

53°22′22″N 6°17′58″W / 53.3727°N 6.2995°W / 53.3727; -6.2995

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